I'm a history nut, so it's no surprise that my pic for this week would be "300", a movie based on the Battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans held off the Persian invasion. Using the imagery of Frank Miller's comic of the same name, this film is epic in it's execution.
In my last post I mentioned that "300" changed the face of film by saying, "this can be done." This may need some explanation.
Since the beginning of film and television, comic books have often been brought to life on the silver/Technicolor screen. More often than not, they don't translate well, and the intensity of the comic becomes laughable, the colors used seem to be too blatant and fake. Comic books are often seen as children's toys with little to no artistic value, and the films carrying their names seemed to have followed suit. Until recently.
"Sin City," "300," and the newest installments of "Batman" have breathed new life in to the tired tradition of comic book movies. They have given the stories credibility. Of course, it helps when you have one of the most talented men to every pen a comic, Frank Miller, at the helm of the artistic vision.
Without a doubt, this film is a smiley face.
